Stories of Hope and Wonder, in Support of UK Healthcare Workers

An anthology released to raise funds for the NHS and UK Healtcare workers. Fifty-three stories, 253,000 words of fiction, including several pieces that are original to this volume. A treasury of stories from some of the finest writers of science fiction, literary fiction, fantasy, horror, and more. Introduction by Ian Whates Last Contact – Stephen Baxter Slink-Thinking – Frances Hardinge Gossamer – Ian Whates The Feather Dress – Lisa Tuttle The Man Who Swallowed Himself – Chris Beckett Fat Man in the Bardo – Ken MacLeod Kings of Eternity – Eric Brown Muscadet Kiss – Michèle Roberts Dead Space – George Mann The Trace – Christopher Priest Golden Wing, Silver Eye – Cat Hellisen The Golden Nose – Neil Williamson On Ilkley Moor – Alison Littlewood About Helen – Tade Thompson Iphigenia in Aulis – M.R. Carey Just Watch Me – Lesley Glaister The Family Football – Ian R. MacLeod The Grave-Digger's Tale – Simon Clark The All-Nighter – Mark Morris Her Seal Skin Coat – Lauren Beukes A Conclusion – Paul Cornell Liberty Bird – Jaine Fenn The Ki-Anna – Gwyneth Jones Scienceville – Gary Gibson The Sphere – Juliet E. McKenna An Eligible Boy – Ian McDonald The Quick Child – Jane Rogers Trademark Bugs: A Legal History – Adam Roberts Working on the Ward – Tim Pears During the Dance – Mark Lawrence Out of the Woods – Ramsey Campbell Trick of the Light – Tim Lebbon Roman Games – Anne Nicholls Digits – Robert Shearman The Fox Maiden – Priya Sharma Roads of Silver, Paths of Gold – Emmi Itäranta All Deaths Well Intention'd – RJ Barker Epilogue: England, Summer 1558 – Jon Courtenay Grimwood The Christmas Repentance of the Mole Butcher of Tetbury – Aliya Whiteley Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World, Part V: A Voyage To The Island Of The Wolves – Philip Palmer Barking Mad – Ian Watson Lady with a Rose – Reggie Oliver Missing – Blake Morrison What We Sometimes Do, Without Thinking – Mark West Events – Stan Nicholls Wars of Worldcraft – Adrian Tchaikovsky Fixer, Worker, Singer – Natalia Theodoridou Witness – Kim Lakin-Smith Unravel – Ren Warom Like Clockwork – Tim Major A Million Reasons Why – Nick Wood The Road to the Sea – Lavie Tidhar Ten Love Songs to Change the World – Peter F. Hamilton About the Authors